Explore additional resources
One or more additional resources may be provided for your course's textbook. The sections below describe these resources and how you and your students can access them.
Resources
Include teaching resources appropriate for your course's textbook, such as presentations, images, and animations, instructor manuals or guides, and editable and printable quiz or test bank questions.
Some Instructor Resources offerings are available through a hierarchy on the left in the new window. For chapter-specific resources, you may need to select a chapter from a drop-down list at the top of the page.
Instructor Resource Center (IRC)
If you don't see the Instructor Resources option, or if you would like to check for more resources, you might want to visit the Instructor Resource Center (IRC), which is outside of Mastering. For authorized users, the IRC provides access to resources for all disciplines, and is not limited to the textbook for your course.
Note: Section instructors who do not have a Pearson Educator account don't have automatic access to the IRC, but they can request IRC access. Your institution is contacted to approve this request. This option might be appropriate for an adjunct for whom your institution prefers not to grant a full Pearson Educator account.
When your course has an eText associated with it, you'll see this option in the course menu. You can also get the Pearson eText app to view your eText on a mobile device. In particular, students can use the app to study with their eText while on the go—even without WiFi.
- See Open and navigate your eText for navigation tips.
- See Work with your eText for adding, copying, and sharing notes with your class, customizing the eText table of contents, and more.
Independent study resource that offers students self-paced learning through features such as key concepts, animations, videos, and glossaries. Students can repeat these activities as often as they like.
- When available for your course, select Study Area from the course menu.
- Work that students do in the Study Area is not reported to the Mastering Gradebook, but some Study Area activities can also be assigned for credit. To assign these activities so grades get posted to the Mastering Gradebook, filter by selecting the Activity check box when you add items to an assignment.
- For some Mastering Astronomy textbooks, self-guided tutorials are available for independent study. You can also assign these tutorials so that grades get posted to the Gradebook.